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Political communication as television news: Party-produced news of the Sweden Democrats during the 2022 election campaign
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Media Studies.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8866-0972
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Media Studies.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4869-3577
2024 (English)In: Nordicom Review, ISSN 1403-1108, E-ISSN 2001-5119, Vol. 45, no S1, p. 66-91Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Political communication has taken new and complex forms within the contemporary hybrid media system. In this article, we examine how political campaigning that draws on television news forms utilises the increasingly blurred boundaries between news journalism and politics online. We assess the digital television news channel Riks, which during the 2022 national election was operated by the Sweden Democrats party and distributed via YouTube. Deploying a mixed-methods approach, we analysed all videos published by Riks four weeks prior to the election. Results show that Riks blends descriptive, interpretative, and outrage genres, and strategically frames the most important political issues of the election campaign in favour of the party’s policies. Hence, the study contributes to political communication scholarship by emphasising how news has become an integral part of strategic party communication, challenging established scholarly conceptualisations of alternative media and hyperpartisan news.

Abstract [sv]

I samtidens hybrida mediesystem antar politisk kommunikation nya och allt mer komplexa uttryck. Den här artikeln undersöker hur politiskt kampanjarbete som bygger på nyhetsformer tidigare utvecklade inom TV-journalistiken, bidrar till en uppluckring av gränser mellan nyhetsjournalistik och politisk kommunikation i digitala informationsmiljöer. Artikeln undersöker den digitala tv-nyhetskanalen Riks, som under riksdagsvalet 2022 drevs av Sverigedemokraterna och publicerades på YouTube. Studien bygger på dataunderstödd metod med kvantitativa och kvalitativa ansatser och analyserar alla videor som publicerades av Riks fyra veckor före valet. Resultaten visar att Riks blandade deskriptiva och tolkande nyhetsgenrer i sin bevakning, men också att innehållet inspirerats av politiska och satiriska nyhetsprogram. Genom dessa genrer gestaltade Riks Sverigedemokraternas viktigaste sakfrågor i valrörelsen på ett sätt som var till förmån för partiets politiska kampanj. Studien bidrar till forskningen om politisk kommunikation genom att betona hur nyhetsproduktion har blivit en integrerad del av strategiskt kampanjarbete. Studien visar också att etablerade forskningsbegrepp som ”alternativa medier” och ”hyperpartiska medier” kan vara problematiska för att beskriva fenomen som Riks, eftersom de saknar en tydlig strategisk dimension.

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2024. Vol. 45, no S1, p. 66-91
Keywords [en]
alternative media, hybridity, parasitic news, political communication, hyperpartisan news, far-right, Sweden Democrats, YouTube
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Media and Communication Studies
Research subject
Media and Communication Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-227442DOI: 10.2478/nor-2024-0008ISI: 001181869600008Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85187936980OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-227442DiVA, id: diva2:1844159
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Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (grant P21-0158)Swedish Research Council (grant 2019–03354)
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Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, P21-0158Swedish Research Council, 2019–03354Available from: 2024-03-13 Created: 2024-03-13 Last updated: 2025-02-11Bibliographically approved

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